HealthBar
Hiring organization · Based in Muskegon, MI
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Shifts hiring now
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What stands out
Experienced nurses
As the District RN at Orchard View Schools you manage chronic disease, meds, and trach/vent/G-tube/catheter/ostomy care on a fixed Mon–Fri 8:30–12:30 school-year schedule.
Experienced nurses
Home care per diem work lets you assess needs and give treatments on a flexible schedule if you already hold a Michigan license and two years of relevant experience.
Moving here
Muskegon’s cost of living sits about 7% below the national level, with average commutes near 18 minutes and housing often well under $100k.
Experienced nurses
You would join a nurse-driven org that moved from drive-thru care into school nursing, on-site employer clinics, telehealth, and a Direct Primary Care concierge line.
As of 2026 · 2023-07-06Source 1: crainsgrandrapids.comSource 2: talents.vaia.com
More about working here
New graduates
The company states it trains its team to help them succeed and emphasizes a growth-oriented culture, though formal residency details are not published.
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Moving here
School-year calendar roles (August–June, 20 hr/week) can pair with lakeshore living in Norton Shores, Whitehall, or downtown Muskegon near the South Lakeshore.
Experienced nurses
A predicted range of $50,000–$70,000 appears for the Grand Rapids home care per diem licensed role, separate from the $30,000 school-year District RN starting figure.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- School RN Orchard View: Mon–Fri 8:30am–12:30pm, 20 hr/wk, August–June school calendar; home care offers flexible per diem schedule
- Pay and benefits
- Starting at $30,000 per year for District Registered Nurse – School Nursing at Orchard View Schools, Muskegon; 20 hr/week (.36 FTE), school-year calendar
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
- Pay and benefits
- Predicted salary $50,000–$70,000 per year for HealthBar Home Care Per Diem Licensed role in Grand Rapids
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Company states it trains its team to help them succeed; growth-oriented culture emphasized
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
The city
Living in Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids sits about 5% below the national cost-of-living average, so your RN dollar goes further in a Michigan city where the Medical Mile anchors a growing healthcare corridor along Michigan Street and the Grand River threads past a walkable downtown brewery scene. Affordable living, serious clinical infrastructure.
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- Metro price level · Grand Rapids area
- 4% below the national average
- BEA index 95.5 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,266/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $69,108/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would be joining HealthBar, a nurse-driven organization founded in May 2020 that now places nurses in Michigan schools, home care, telehealth, on-site employer clinics, and a Direct Primary Care concierge service.
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More about HealthBar
In Muskegon, the concrete opening many nurses weigh is the District Registered Nurse role at Orchard View Schools: Monday–Friday 8:30am–12:30pm, 20 hours a week on the August–June school calendar, starting at $30,000 a year. Your day there covers chronic disease management, medications, trach/vent/G-tube/catheter/ostomy care, MERT response, 504/IEP collaboration, and staff training and delegation. If you already have two years of relevant experience and a Michigan license, home care per diem work is another path—flexible scheduling, assessing health needs, and giving treatments in patients’ homes—with a predicted range listed around $50,000–$70,000 that is not a confirmed offer. The company has said it trains its team to help people succeed and runs with a growth-oriented culture under founder/CEO Nathan Baar, with a stated aim to cover 250,000 lives by 2030. Muskegon itself sits about 7% below the national cost of living, with roughly 18-minute average commutes, lakeshore neighborhoods, and housing that residents often describe as inexpensive. Early drive-thru sites in Holland and Grand Rapids were closed as the model shifted, so you are walking into a still-young, multi-setting employer rather than a long-fixed hospital campus.
Relationship-centered care; trains its team to succeed; growth-oriented; nurse-driven expansion into school nursing, employer clinics, telehealth, and Direct Primary Care.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
The good
- School RN schedule is weekday mornings only on a school-year calendar
- Broad school-nursing skill mix including trach/vent/G-tube and 504/IEP work
- Home care offers flexible per diem scheduling
- Company emphasizes training and a growth-oriented culture
- Expanding footprint across schools, employer clinics, telehealth, and Direct Primary Care
- Muskegon cost of living about 7% below national with short average commutes
The hard parts
- District RN school role starts at $30,000 a year for 20 hours/week
- Early drive-thru care sites were closed during the pivot
- Home care path asks for 2 years relevant experience
- Home care pay figure is predicted/estimated, not a confirmed offer
What to weigh
Early drive-thru care sites in Holland and Grand Rapids were closed as the company pivoted, and the posted District RN school role starts at $30,000 a year for 20 hours a week on a school-year calendar.
As of 2023-07-06 · 2026Source 1: crainsgrandrapids.comSource 2: linkedin.com
The reality check
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School Nursing (Orchard View Schools / School Nursing Program)
District RN provides chronic disease management, meds, trach/vent/G-tube/catheter/ostomy care, MERT, 504/IEP collab, staff training/delegation.
Source location unconfirmedSource: linkedin.com
Home Care
Per diem licensed role provides compassionate home care, assesses health needs, and administers treatments to patients.
Source location unconfirmedSource: talents.vaia.com
Direct Primary Care / Concierge primary care
Company launched Direct Primary Care concierge service with unlimited primary care access for a monthly subscriber fee.
Source location unconfirmedSource: crainsgrandrapids.com
On-site employer medical clinics / telehealth / school nurses
After closing drive-thru care, HealthBar expanded into telehealth, school nurses, and on-site employer medical clinics.
Source location unconfirmedSource: crainsgrandrapids.com
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